Programmes
Voice and Piano:
Out of the Mist of Time
Inspired by Yeats and other Greats
Great Irish Poets in Song
A Country Garden
Christmas - Women tell their Story
Clara Schumann - A Life in Songs
Two Voices and piano or A-Capella
Birdsong at Eventide
Under the spreading Oak
Piano Trio and Voice
For the End of Time
Voice and Organ
Consoling Music for the disconsolate Time of the Year
Out of the Mist of Time...
...rise the voices of women composers through the ages.
Samples from the programme:
Augusta
Holmes, Serenade Printanniere (Irish-French)
Clara
Schumann, Walzer (German)
Fanny
Hensel, Bright be the place (German)
Jeanne
Herscher-Clement, Solea (German-French)
Elisabeth Goell and Lauretta Bloomer bring to life the music of women composers spanning three centuries.
Whether celebrating love, life or the changing seasons, their music is both uplifting and challenging.
Inspired by Yeats and other Greats
Samples from this programme:
Muriel
Herbert, Lake Isle of Innisfree (Anglo-Irish)
Thomas
Dunhill, Cloths of Heaven
An evening of song and poetry bring to life one of the most well-known and loved poems by W. B. Yeats. The musical settings by Muriel Herbert, Thomas Dunhill, Elizabeth Poston, Rebecca Clarke and others are complimented by other poets in sound or word.
Great Irish Poets in Song
brings to you well loved and known poetry by Yeats, Joyce, Kavanagh and Thomas Moore; as well as the colourful and atmospheric poems of
Moira O’Neill, Cathal O’Burne, Seosamh Mac Cathmaoil and 7th – 9th century Irish Poets.
Many composers found inspiration in these texts and set them to haunting melodies-reminiscent of Irish tunes, funny and simply beautiful melodies that enchant and delight.
The setting of Lake Isle of Innisfree was so popular in 1928 that it is even recorded in the annals of Irish Traditional Music, the familiar tunes of the Thomas Moore Songs find an imaginative support in Britten’s accompaniment and the stories of The Fairy Lough, Cuttin’ Rushes and the Sea Wrack bring us to days gone by.
Each poet is given a personal, even funny introduction with interesting bits of his or her life, an evening both for the lover of literature and music alike
This evening gives a taste of Irish life and spirituality past and present
A Country Garden
Ethel
Smyth, Chrysilla (English)
Thomas Moore, Last
Rose of Summer
This collection brings together some of the most loved and also some lesser-known songs from Irish and English composers.
We take the audience on a musical pastoral journey with settings by Vaughan Williams, C. V. Stanford, H. Harty, Ethel Smyth, and others, that will both delight and excite the senses.
Christmas... Women tell their story
Includes 'O Holy Night'
(Adolphe Adam, 1803-1856, male composer, France)
Sing
unto the Lord (Muriel Herbert)
Madonna
kindje (Catherine van Renne)
Ich
gedachte in der Nacht (Sibylle Mertens-Schaafhausen)
Empress
of Night (Amy M. Beach)
Their voices comprise more than three centuries, experiencing mystery, motherhood and the celebration of Christmas.
Clara Schumann - A Life in Songs
All songs of Clara Schumann accompanied on a piano made for her by W. Wieck, her cousin
Oh
Weh des Scheidens das er tat
"Art is a beautiful gift. What is more beautiful, than to clothe one’s feelings in sounds, what a comfort in sad hours, what a pleasure, what a wonderful feeling, to provide an hour of happiness to others. And what a sublime feeling to pursue art, so that one gives one’s life for it"
Clara (1838)
Bird Song at eventide
Birdsong
at eventide (Eric Coates)
| dual; adjective | consisting of two parts, elements, or aspects |
| dualism; noun | the division of something conceptually into two opposed or contrasted aspects, or the state of being so divided |
| duality; noun |
1 the quality or condition of being dual 2 an instance of opposition or contrast between two concepts or two aspects of something |
.... and in all nature we find duality;
light and darkness,
faith and despair,
courage and cowardice,
strength and weakness,
good and evil,
beauty and ugliness,
love and hate
...... yet it is only through duality that we can ever truly experience unity ......
In an evening of vocal duets and poetry, Elisabeth Goell and Judith Sheridan explore themes central to mankind’s creative experience in music from the baroque to the present day.
Under the Spreading Oak
Ye
banks and braes (traditional)
Fire
and Lightning (Thomas Morley)
“Under the Spreading Oak”
…was called into existence to explore the rich but rarely performed repertoire for two equal voices. The artists break with the traditional form of Lieder-recital by including poetry and prose. In this way they present a unique and entertaining programme. It was specifically created for smaller venues, which do not have a piano at their disposal to bring this music to a wider audience. This programme includes music by Fanny Hensel, Thomas Morley, Hendrika Tussenbroek, and Arrangements of traditional and classical airs With poems and prose both well and lesser known.
The music resounds in acapella, occasionally supported by guitar, violin or flute
.Reviews
Rems Zeitung :…these Sopranos complement each other with an impressive ex-change both in high and low tessitura; with much expression and sensitivity they lead in a reflective but also humorous way through the seasons and their refreshing rendering of Bela Barók’s songs show off their high ability.
Oberallgäu – Kultur : …even more artful constructions such as the songs of Bela Bartók are a pure pleasure for the listener, the overall superb artistic level induces awe.
For the End of Time
Terra Omnis is a chamber music ensemble with members from many countries and cultures. Its name is taken from the Latin, translated as The Whole Earth. This phrase is particularly meaningful to the members of Terra Omnis since they hail not only from Northern Ireland but also from Norway, America, and England. The idea of an ensemble made up of members from many countries is unique to our current time and finding the right mix of sounds, music and personalities is a powerful experience — one that Terra Omnis means to share.
We lead the listener on a journey of discovery from well known works to those that are rarely performed and those of women composers that have just recently been rediscovered such as Mel Bonis, Luise Adolpha, Le Beau and Amy Marcy Beach.
Our ensemble offers a great range of sound combinations and diverse musical styles, that range from the Baroque to the present day.
Currently, the ensemble comprises of Craig W. Combs, pianist, Rebekah Durstan, violinist, Elisabeth Goell, Soprano, Roger Vigulf, clarinet, and Tom Collingwood, cello.
Each member has been very successful in their own right as a performer.
As a group they present known and unknown repertoire from all the corners of the earth, from both male and female composers.
Consoling Music for the disconsolate time of the Year
“From darkness to light” leads this thematically grouped programme, that reaches from the Middle Ages to the present time. The lyrical soprano voice of Elisabeth Goell and the well balanced organ accompaniment take the “disconsolate souls” with music by Handel, Bach, Caccini, Hildegard von Bingen,Sean O’Riada, Lili Boulanger,Poulanc and Andriessen on a journey towards consolation and light
Art Music for Children